Congress shoe



Feb. 26, 1924.' 1,484,743 J. T. Tr-:BBUTT CONGRESS SHOE Filed Jan. 15, 1925 ATTOAWEY Patented Feb. 26, 1924,

JOHN THOMAS TEBBUTT, 0F THREE RIVERS, QUEBEC, CANADA.

CONGRESS SHOE.

Application filed Januaryv 15, 1923. Serial No; 612,682.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I JOHN THOMAS. TEB- nirrr, a subj ect of the King of Great Britain, and residing at Three Rivers, in the Provnce of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Improve-- ment in Congress Shoes, of which the following is the specification.

This invention relates to improvements in congress shoes as described in the present specification and shown in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially of the novel features pointed out broadly and specifically in the claims for novelty following a description containing an explanation in detail of an acceptacle form of the invention.

The objects of the invention are to avoid dangerous accidents to moulders incident to the spitting or spilling of the molten metal on to the feet of the worker and the consequent destruction of the shoes and injury to the flesh; to facilitate the removal of the shoes; to benet the wearer by taking sanitary precautions in the manufacture of the shoe to make the parts in closest contact with the foot antiseptic; and generally to provide a neat and serviceable shoe particularly adaptable to the moulding trade, but useful in other directions.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shoe showing the sole in section and the upper broken away to disclose the layers including the safety sheath.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view through the vamp and sole.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view showing another arrangement of the sole parts.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

Referring to the drawings, the shoe shown is made in congress style having the elastic sides 1 in the rear portion 2 of the upper above the counter 3.

The line of stitching 11 joins the front portion 5 of the upper to the elastic sides 1 and counter portion 3, the front portion 5 being preferably in one piece extending from the top through the vamp portion 6 to the toe portion 7.

The front upper 5 is preferably made of chrome tanned leather having a chrome tanned leather or cotton duck lining 8 antiseptically treated with a compound of which eucalyptus forms the principal ingredient.

rIhe sheath 9 of asbestos is cemented in between the leather or duck lining 8 and the leather upper 5 and extends from the top and over the toe portion 7 through the vamp 6 and sides.

The upper is lasted in the usual way with the insole 10, which is antiseptically treated with the eucalyptus compound, and the filled space is filled with the asbestos 11 antiseptically treated and closed in by the double out sole 12, which extends through the shank portion 13 to the heel portion 14 and ends behind the counter portion 3 forming the toe hold projection 15 at the extreme rear end of the shoe for removing it hurriedly in the case of danger.

The heel 16 is attached to the rearwardly extending portion of the outsole 12 as customary in the manufacture of boots and shoes.

The tap or half sole 17 is attached to the outsole 12 and a centre half sole 18 of asbestos is cemented in between the outsole 12 and tap sole 17.

The double outsole 12 is made in two layers of leather 2O and 2l and if no tap sole is used the asbestos layer 19 is inserted therebetween.

It will be thus seen that the foot of the wearer is protected by an asbestos sheathing in the event of the molten metal in moulding operations coming in contact with the leather and is also protected in the sole portion if he steps on heated metal. Further the shoe can be instantly removed by applying the toe of one foot to the extension heel of the shoe of the other foot.

What I claim is 1. In a shoe, a leather upper extending from elastic sides, a sheath of asbestos cemented to the upper forward of said elastic sides on the inner surface, a lining covering said sheath, an insole, an outsole, an asbestos filler between said insole and outsole and a centre sole of asbestos inserted between component parte of said outsole.

2. In a shoe, a leather upper and elastic sides, an asbestos sheath inside said upper, an insole secured to said upper, an outsole, an asbestos filler between said outsole and insole, a tap sole secured to said outsole, an asbestos centre sole between said outsole and tap sole and a heel secured to said outsole.

3. In a shoe, a leather upper, a lining and asbestos sheath secured to said upper and treated with an eucalyptus compound, an

insole and asbestos ller thereunder treated to seid extending outsole, e half sole secured with en eucalyptus eompcuncl, an outsole to the front portion of seid outsole, e sheet and a heel. asbestos insertion between said half sole and 4. In a shoe, a leather front upper in one seid outsole, an asbestos filler between said 5 piece from e vertical seem between itself insole and outsole, and an asbestos sheath 15 and counter portion and elastic sides7 an inlining under said front upper. sole secured to the upper, an outsole eX- Signed at Three Rivers, Quebec, this 9th tending through and beyond the heel pordey of January, 1923. tion and counter and forming a toe hold eX- l tension in removing, the shoe, a, heel secured JOHN THOMAS TEBBUTT. 

